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135741099Olympe de Gougesfrench journalist who demanded equal rights for women0
135741100John LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)1
135741101George Washington1st President of the United States, Virginian, patriot, general, and president. Lived at Mount Vernon. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States.2
135741102Louis XVI and Marie Antoinettequeen and king during the French Revolution, Marie was Austrian (French hate Austrians) lived a spoiled, lavish lifestyle when the rest of France was starving3
135741103Maximilien Robespierre"The incorruptable;" the leader of the bloodiest portion of the French Revolution. He set out to build a republic of virtue.4
135741104Napoleon BonaparteFrench general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)5
135741105Toussaint Louverturewas an important leader of the Haïtian Revolution and the first leader of a free Haiti. In a long struggle again the institution of slavery, he led the blacks to victory over the whites and free coloreds and secured native control over the colony in 1797, calling himself a dictator.6
135741106Simon BolivarVenezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule7
135741107Edmund BurkeEnglish statesman famous for his oratory, A conservative leader who was deeply troubled by the aroused spirit of reform. In 1790, he published Reforms on The Revolution in France, one of the greatest intellectual defenses of European conservatism. He defended inherited priveledges in general and those of the English monarchy and aristocracy. Glorified unrepresentitive Parliament and predicted reform would lead to much chaos/tyranny.8
135741108John Stuart MillEnglish philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)9
135741109Klemens von MetternichThis was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression10
135741110Otto von BismarckGerman statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)11
135741111Declaration of Independencethe document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain12
135741112Ancien régimeThe old order before the Revolution in France.13
135741113National AssemblyFrench Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. (p. 585)14
135741114JacobinsRadical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.15
135741115DirectoryGroup of five men who served as liaisons between Robespierre and the Assembly. Overthrown by Napoleon.16
135741116Civil CodeNapoleonic Code; this code preserved most of the gains of the revolution by recognizing the principle of the equality of all citizens before the law, and ect.17
135741117PeninsularesSpanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class18
135741118Conservatisma political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes19
135741119Liberalisman economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard20
135741120Zionisma policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine21
135741121Congress of Viennaconservative, reactionary meeting, led by Prince Metternich, restore Europe to Prerevolution time22

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